Introduction -- Part 1: Choosing your flowers -- Cottage garden favorites -- Filigree fillers -- Bold and beautiful -- Sweetly scented -- Exotic beauties -- Edible flowers and herbs -- Bee-friendly flowers -- Part II: Sowing and growing -- Introduction -- Sowing under cover -- Sowing direct -- Pests and diseases -- Part III: How to use your flowers -- Using annuals and biennials in borders -- Planting a mini meadow -- Making a sweet pea arch -- Making a cutting garden -- Container planting -- Arranging your flowers -- Glossary -- Resources -- Index -- Acknowledgments.